Called by the name UHCI USB Miniport Driver, the usbuhci.sys process is a driver file that is considered as one of the components of a software made by Microsoft Corporation, which is Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver. Made compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver is a driver application that acts as a workstation, a server, a potential browser, and a master browser. The UHCI USB Miniport Driver service, or usbuhci.sys, is an essential part of the program, which must be kept running on the computer. It is made to communicate with other applications required by the Microsoft Windows OS. Whether it has a single function or different primary tasks, the usbuhci.sys file is fundamentally valuable on the system. The deletion, or even accidental removal, of this file may cause other modules to reach and contribute in disabling the software.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. usbuhci.sys. is used by Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver, If you shut down usbuhci.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop usbuhci.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed usbuhci.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if usbuhci.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that usbuhci.sys, belongs to, in this case Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver